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God's Angry Man
God's Angry Man
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GOD'S ANGRY MAN

Glaube und Währung - Dr. Gene Scott, Fernsehprediger

Directed by Werner Herzog
West Germany, 1981
Documentary, Short, TV Movie

Synopsis

This film revolves around Doctor Gene Scott, one of the more famous televangelists in California. He stars in a show where he exhibits a strong, aggressive temperament and talks about beatitude, urging his listeners to send sums of money to his church’s bank account.

Synopsis

This film revolves around Doctor Gene Scott, one of the more famous televangelists in California. He stars in a show where he exhibits a strong, aggressive temperament and talks about beatitude, urging his listeners to send sums of money to his church’s bank account.

Our take

As surreal and beautifully enigmatic as all of Werner Herzog’s non-fiction cinema, God’s Angry Man tackles the wildly entertaining reality of nightly TV broadcasts. Who else could have captured the controversial teachings of American preacher Gene Scott on screen if not the famed German auteur?